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Presented by Gaurav Godhwani, Director & Co-Founder @ CivicDataLab
Open source is increasingly changing the way software is developed and how developers collaborate. The outcome of this is seen not just in the software industry, but across various industries, verticals and domains. In this session, Gaurav talks about findings from a recent research report on how open source is helping make an impact across various domains in India and share some interesting insights on the way open source operates in India.
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A
So
welcome
everyone
for
the
state
of
free
in
open
source
software,
india
discussion,
I'm
going
to
quickly
present
findings
of
our
recently
done
report,
but
before
that
quick
introduction
about
me
and
civic
data
lab,
so
I'm
gaurav
hani.
I
am
director
co-founder
at
civic
data
lab
civic
data.
Lab
works
with
the
goal
of
connecting
data,
tech,
design
and
social
science
to
strengthen
civic
engagements
in
the
country
and
how
we
do.
A
So
we
did
this
report
with
the
support
of
omedya
network
india.
We
interviewed
close
to
51.
First
researchers.
Practitioners
across
the
nation
did
analysis
of
63
case
studies
on
free
and
open
source
software
read
another
26
reports
which
were
on
the
similar
topic
and
framed
our
thoughts
towards
the
whole
free
and
open
source
software
ecosystem,
presented
our
findings
and
requested
eight
eminent
experts
from
the
community
to
review
the
whole
work.
A
So
just
just
just
to
get
the
basics
right,
how
we
are
defining
foss,
so
free
and
open
source
software
is
a
software
that
is
freely
licensed
to
use.
Study
change,
improve,
contribute
upon
basically
a
piece
of
code
which
you
can
make
it
break.
It
find
different
aspects
of
usage
of
it
and
customize
it
contextualize
it
based
on
your
needs.
A
We
are
referring
force
as
an
inclusive
term,
covering
both
the
free
software
moment
and
the
open
source
software
world,
despite
their
despite
having
different
cultures
and
ownerships,
they
have
similar
ownership
models
and
that's
what
we
are
going
to
focus
on.
So
that's
where
we
have
taken
more
inclusive
approach
of
free
and
open
source
software,
so
india
runs
on
foss.
You
won't
believe
more
than
85
percent
websites.
Web
servers
are
running
on
free
and
open
source
software.
A
Most
of
this
is
something
that
you
might
be
using
daily,
but
might
but
not
be
aware
of
so
irctc
uses
a
lot
of
free
and
open
source
software
to
help
us
do
ticketing,
train
ticketing
on
time
supreme
court
of
india
uses
free
and
open
source
software
to
do
docker
management
of
all
the
cases
and
help
us
do
hearings
at
time.
Lic
india
also
uses
free
and
open
source
software
to
ensure
life
insurance
are
done
at
scale.
A
Also
bombay
stock
exchange
help
us
do
stock
trading
at
scale
using
free
and
open
source
software.
All
of
them
are
using
free
and
open
source
software,
but
most
of
them
don't
advertise
it.
So
we
don't
know
that
they
are
running
on
final
prints
or
software,
and
very
few
of
them
actually
contribute
back
in
open
source.
That's
where
it
becomes
a
bit
more
tricky
for
us
to
participate
with
them.
So
imagine
given
our
developer
community,
given
all
of
you
and
the
amazing
talent
out
there.
A
If
we
could
have
created
an
open
source
ticketing
system,
it
would
have
gone
quite
viral
with
the
kind
of
different
use
cases
we
would
have
created
in
india
as
well
as
outside.
So
that's
what
this
report
is
all
about,
so
to
look
into
how
the
force
ecosystem
has
grown.
We
have
to
look
into
the
timeline,
so
we
have
divided
the
growth
of
free
and
open
source
software.
A
A
The
moment
was
led
by
richard
stallman
and
other
people
from
1978
to
1989
shaping
what
the
free
software
ecosystem
looks
like
today
and
then
the
rise
of
community
businesses
happened
with
the
discussions
on
open
source
and
how
open
source
can
help
co-create
software,
in
collaboration
with
other
actors
geographically
distributed
organizations
working
on
different
kind
of
problems,
but
similar
technological
needs.
Then
there
are
three
parallel
errors.
A
A
The
dust
has
settled
on
that
from
1999
onwards,
we
have
seen
global
proliferation
of
free
and
open
source
software
with
lot
of
communities
coming
to
even
india,
working
and
co-creating,
together
with
different
stakeholders
on
how
different
open
source
libraries
projects
can
be
scaled
and
expansion
in
india,
of
course,
have
grown
from
2001
onwards
and
which
I'm
going
to
deep
dive
much
more
in
detail.
So
we
used
to
have
annual
conferences
like
foss.n,
led
by
atul
chitnis,
bringing
in
a
community
of
false
practitioners
together
discussing
how
free
inner
pencil
software
ecosystem
can
grow
together.
A
We
have
also
seen
government
of
india's
starting
nrc
foss,
which
is
national
resource
center
for
free
and
open
source
software,
which
has
picked
up
in
increasing
more
government.
Acceptance
of
a
force
in
their
usage.
Similarly,
we
started
to
see
states
making
some
efforts.
Kerala
again
started
icy
falls,
which
is
an
international
center
for
free
and
open
source
software.
A
Looking
for
fostering
research
and
collaboration
on
how
softwares
could
be
created
with
the
help
of
communities,
academia
and
other
stakeholders,
we
also
saw
starting
of
groups
like
sflc,
which
talks
about
the
licensing,
the
policy,
the
legal
aspects
of
free
and
open
source
software,
and
more
and
more
supreme
courts,
supreme
court
establishment,
high
courts,
lower
courts
moving
towards
free
and
open
source
software.
So
there
has
been
quite
a
lot
going
on
and
gradually
what
we
are
seeing
is
more
businesses
are
evolving,
keeping
free
and
open
source
software
as
core
to
their
business
model.
A
We
have
seen
zerodha
chetfoot
hasura
running
their
business
operations
using
free
and
open
source
software,
helping
other
businesses
scale
up
as
well.
So
what
this
leads
to
is
major
false
opportunities
for
us
in
india.
The
number
one
is
technical
growth,
where
we
have
an
opportunity
to
become
a
global
technology
leader
in
emerging
technologies,
which
are
very
fast
driven
like
artificial
intelligence,
big
data,
machine
learning
and
so
on.
A
The
enormous
amount
of
talent
in
india
is
quite
focused
to
build
libraries
and
packages
on
free
and
open
source
software
and
see
how
they
can
scale
up
the
growth.
So
we
need
to
invest
more
on
seeing
how
this
could
be
catalyzed
and
there
could
be
a
strategic
mission
on
moving
forward
with
the
new
emerging
tech.
Second,
one
is
the
economic
growth
with
free
and
open
source
software
and
the
ability
to
contextualize
and
localize.
A
The
software
we
can
drastically
include
improve
the
financial
inclusion
in
the
country,
helping
more
young
internet
users
use
internet
to
rely
on
better
public
digital
services,
better
digital
services
out
there
to
help
resolve
some
of
the
issues
they
face
in
their
locality
and,
lastly,
the
talent
growth.
I
mean
we
are
creating
a
common
base
approach
of
creating
knowledge,
pool
of
resources,
be
it
data,
be
it
languages,
be
a
different
variety
of
local
lived
experiences.
A
All
of
it
are
proliferating
in
this
software
ecosystem.
With
the
help
of
free
and
open
source
software,
so
a
lot
could
be
done
when
it
comes
to
growing
the
forest
ecosystem
and
these
stakeholders,
these
four
of
them,
are
key
in
moving
forward
this
ecosystem.
The
number
one
are,
of
course,
you
people,
the
community
of
free
and
open
source
software
practitioners,
researchers.
A
We
have
got
a
lot
of
them
on
a
national
and
local
level
in
india.
The
second
one
is
the
educational
institutes
like
iit
bombay
triple.
I
t
hyderabad
iac
bangalore.
All
of
them
are
now
trying
to
have
fast
sales.
Even
schools
and
colleges
from
tier
two
tier
three
places
have
free
and
open
source
software
related.
Some
education,
literacy,
hobby
groups,
there
false
businesses,
some
of
them
I
recently
occurred
like
zero,
the
chatfoot
and
all,
and
even
the
msmes
who
are
new,
emerging
technology
partners
are
now
looking
for
free
and
open
source
alternatives.
A
And,
lastly,
the
governments,
national,
local
and
regional
governments
are
also
moving
more
towards
free
and
open
source
software.
So
we
are
going
to
look
into
all
four
of
them,
and
the
lens
through
which
we
are
looking
at
is
very
simple:
four
step
growth.
The
first
step
is
build
capacity,
build
capacity
to
understand
what
kind
of
free
and
open
source
software
is
out.
There
consume
ethically
work
with
different
stakeholders
to
see
what
kind
of
licenses
you
can
use
to
improve
the
growth
of
free
and
open
source
software.
A
A
The
number
one
rf
community
is
my
favorite
one,
so
I
think
one
thing
which
we
all
are
facing
as
a
challenge
is
the
initial
barriers
itself
for
anyone
who
is
trying
to
work
in
the
korean
offensive
software
who
is
interested
to
contribute.
There
are
certain
initial
barriers
which
we
have
all
faced.
Let's
try
figure
out
how
we
can
curb
some
of
these
for
the
new
upcoming
talent,
so
things
like
having
leadership
programs.
A
A
We
have
seen
most
of
the
fast
communities
are
under
represented
by
different
marginalized
groups.
Increasing
representation
of
different
groups
is
very
essential,
not
just
to
build
a
thriving,
fast
ecosystem,
but
also
to
build
robust
software.
If
more
people
are
involved,
most
likely,
the
software
would
be
beneficial
for
all.
So.
Programs,
like
outreachy,
are
quite
helpful
for
us
to
move
in
that
direction.
A
Third,
one
is
constrained
con
to
have
more
sustained
contributions.
For
that
to
happen,
I
think
nurturing
community
mobilizers
working
closely
with
them
to
understand
how
they
could
be
a
succession
plan.
If
you
are
a
community
leader,
growing,
a
community
of
say
python,
in
in
a
geography,
city
or
three
city,
you
have
to
figure
out
how
you
can
have
a
successor
as
well,
for
you
groom
them
so
that
you
don't
face
burnouts,
you
don't
face
issues
related
to
technology,
overheads
and
community
management,
etc.
A
So
having
a
nurtured
community
mobilizers
who
are
there
for
you
to
grow,
the
community
in
different
direction
is
super
helpful
and,
lastly,
having
a
global
connect,
invest
more
on
research,
invest
more
on
collaborations.
Working
with
the
communities
out
there
coming
to
events
like
satellite
would
be
super
helpful
to
connect
and
understand
what
is
going
on
on
free
and
open
source
software
ecosystem
globally.
A
So
investing
on
research
and
collaboration
would
be
super
helpful
when
it
comes
to
foster
education,
especially
academic
institutions.
There
is
still
quite
dependence
on
proprietary
software
dominance
we
have
seen.
There
is
still
less
proliferation
of
free
and
open
source
software
in
the
early
education
of
computers,
so
what
we
are
looking
for
is
more
phoslet
curriculum
and
we
have
started
to
see
some
early
experiments
from
this
front
where
I
t
it.
A
Education
in
kerala
has
improved
or
also
id
for
change
in
karnataka
is
working
to
create
curriculum
with
the
public
schools
in
karnataka
to
see
how
free
and
open
source
software
could
be
promoted
in
the
early
stages
of
learning
in
computers
itself,
there's
still
limited
force
education.
So,
where
need
there's
a
need
for
more
false
digital
literacy
programs.
There's
need
for
tailoring
some
of
these
programs
for
local
contacts,
local
languages
and
fossee
at
iit.
A
Bombay
is
doing
a
wonderful
job
of
doing
the
same
by
creating
a
video
repositories
in
multiple
languages,
translating
them
for
different
purposes,
for
enabling
first-time
non-english
users
of
computers
to
start
programming
in
some
of
the
popular
free
and
open
source
software.
So
please
go
and
check
it
out.
We
still
face
the
issue
of
poor
contribution
and
retention
in
the
community,
and
that
is
something
which
we
can
fix
by
incentivizing.
A
A
There
is
a
need
for
more
free
and
open
source
software,
which
can
help
us
take
knowledge,
which
is
stuck
with
certain
group
of
people
to
more
community
members
and
the
best
thing
about
free,
open
source
software
in
education
is
students
can
learn
it
can
make.
It
can
break
the
software
and
we
learn
the
best
when
we
break
it
and
and
fix
it.
So
that's
the
kind
of
opportunity
we
have
with
the
more
free
and
open
source,
software-based
education
infrastructure.
A
A
There
is
a
need
for
conducting
more
false
workshops
for
early
group
of
people,
the
early
businesses
who
are
just
starting
off
it
super
beneficial
for
them
to
see
what
kind
of
softwares
are
out
there
which
they
can
reuse
get
some
expert
help
on
licensing
get
some
expert
help
on
what
kind
of
business
models
could
be
there
for
them
to
build
on
free
and
open
source.
Software
also
get
some
legal
and
policy
support
as
they
grow,
because
that
helps
them
figure
out
how
they
can
do
force
on
a
sustainable
basis
and
scale
with
with
it.
A
Governments
businesses
can
do
a
lot
by
creating
different
collaboration,
programs
and
corporate
social
responsibility
programs
to
collaborate
more
on
foss.
Lastly,
governments.
So
there
is
very
limited
first
capacity
with
most
of
the
government
staff.
At
the
moment,
what
we
can
do
is
probably
plug
some
of
the
experts
from
the
developer
communities
to
work
with
different
government
stakeholders
in
a
fellowship
model,
beat
local
or
national
or
state
level.
Governments
to
see
how
free
and
open
source
software
could
be
beneficial
for
more
number
of
people.
A
This
would,
in
turn,
reduce
the
dependence
on
commercial
software
and
we
would
see
more
public
money
being
used
to
create
public
software
and
more
procurements.
I.T
procurements
would
have
false
first
mandate
in
them
also.
Currently,
there
are
very
few
false
repositories
from
current
different
set
of
governments,
so
encouraging
them
to
publish
more
and
working
with
them
to
fix
some
of
the
bugs
they
face
in
the
software
would
help
us
create
robots,
public
digital
services,
and
this
would
in
turn,
increase
the
reach
of
free
and
open
source
software.
A
They
are
collaborating
data,
they're,
they're,
crowdsourcing
data
from
different
sources,
they're
collaborating
to
create
robust
digital
maps
and
scalable
mobile
applications
and
apis,
which
could
be
used
for
different
purposes
of
research
and
analysis
on
this
data.
Even
economic
survey
this
year
quoted
them
as
one
of
the
reliable
source
of
knowledge
out
there
on
covet
19
spread.
We
also
saw
iise
bangalore,
who
recently
published
city
stimulator
on
how
pandemic
spread
may
happen
in
cities
like
bangalore,
see
a
vod
voice,
distribution
based
on
different
parameters.
A
We
open
sort
this
code
so
that
district
administrators
can
use
this
to
plan
their
lockdown
initiatives,
vaccination
drives,
etc.
We
also
saw
businesses
like
ibm,
opening
up
their
genomics
research
platform
for
faster
genomics
research
on
some
of
the
covet
vaccines,
which
are
out
there,
helping
more
academicians
and
researchers
to
work
faster
with
the
solutions
they
have.
And.
A
Lastly,
we
are
seeing
government
initiatives
like
kerala
government
working
very
closely
with
coronal
literacy
network,
which
is
a
volunteer
driven
community
network
of
open
source
literacy,
knowledge
on
corona
and
a
whole
suit
of
software,
which
is
used
as
a
currently
as
a
base
for
control
center
of
kerala
kovat.
19
mission,
so
all
these
collaborations
are
already
happening.
We
just
need
to
scale
them
and
come
up
with
a
possible
future
where
more
stakeholders
work
together.
Thrive
together,
grow
together
and
clean
open
source
software,
and
this
is
how
it
may
look.
A
We
are
calling
this
as
a
national
force
alliance
powering
growth
of
india.
If
you
are
a
developer
and
hoping
to
build
more
capacity
of
younger
contributors,
activate
more
leaders,
we
participate
in
leadership
program
yourselves
or
help
others
groom
their
leadership
skills
so
that
there
is
a
thriving
community
and
bring
more
diversity.
We
can't
emphasize
enough
on
that.
A
If
you
are
an
academician
who
is
looking
to
contribute
on
the
faucet
ecosystem,
you
can
improve
on
creating
better
foster
c
programs,
help
us
foster
more
research
on
free
and
open
source
software,
build
more
talent
to
work
on
free
and
open
source
software,
groom
them.
If
you're
businesses,
you
can
incubate
more
first
projects,
you
can
create
a
marketplace
of
fos
alternatives
which
are
out
there.
A
You
can
advertise
the
kind
of
fast
initiatives
you
have
been
doing
so
that
more
people
can
participate
with
you
and
you
can
support
the
existing
talent
pool,
who
is
quite
interested
to
work
on
free
and
open
source
software.
If
you
are
a
government
initiative,
you
can
work
to
create
more
fossil
act
projects
where
citizens
can
collaborate
with.
You
can
work
with
you
and
ensure
that
there
is
better
digital
service
delivery.
A
It's
happening
already
with
more
governments
opening
up
their
source
code,
so
it's
easy
for
them
for
other
governments
to
replicate
it
customize
it
based
on
different
needs
and,
lastly,
localize
the
localized
based
on
language,
local
contacts,
etc.
So
a
lot
could
be
done
in
shaping
this
national
foss
alliance,
when
all
these
stakeholders
come
together,
work
together
with
the
shared
vision
of
shaping
india's
digital
economy.
A
A
B
Go
thanks
a
lot
guerra.
You
know
that
was
a
that
was
a
really
interesting
overview
about
false
and
open
source
out
here
in
india.
So
there
are,
you
know,
a
couple
of
questions
that
have
come
in
but
before
that
a
reminder
to
all
of
you
that
guru
is
going
to
be
around
on
get
up
discussion.
So
if
you
have
any
questions
head
over
to
github
satellite
dot
com,
slash
discussions
where
gara
will
be
taking
up
any
questions
for
the
next
30
minutes.